The Self Build Diary - Day 159 - Spinning Plates

Well the roof trusses went on on Tuesday on the main part of the house and i had a truly busy weekend preparing for various trades and keeping plates spinning.

I have stud worked the 2nd floor, Concreted a recess left in the flooring for the hearth and fireplace, Insulated some of the ceiling, had a good old fashioned tidy up and completed the media cabling through to the new stud walls.

So its just the gables for the builders to do now and all the stonework will be completed, the builders are now out of the house and the trusses should be felted by the end of next week.

the top floor last week, before i partitioned it off, it is remarkable that the more materials you put into a house the bigger it feels!

So we had the plasterers start to put some plaster work up on the areas of the ground floor which have been fully first fixed:-

And its a great example of pile the materials in and the room feels bigger!

The plumber and electrician are back on Thursday to complete the first fix throughout the house and then the plaster can crack on an fix plasterboard wherever he pleases, within reason!

On Saturday Dan and Adrian from www.vacpoint.com came and fitted the first fix for a built in vacuum system. This was something that we saw at the Home building and renovation show in Harrogate last year and we thought it sounded like a good but over budget indulgence. Anyway we looked at it and the first fix of a system like this is remarkably inexpensive! The guys were in and out in a day and they fitted the full first fix. We can then do the second fix in the future whenever we decide to or whenever we can afford. but the system is there and ready to use and will be a great selling point if we ever decide to go down that route in the future! As someone commented today "I don't know why they don't put the ducting in all new houses! 

Ill update you before the end of the week and then I'm going to have a well deserved week off!

Neil